New Mexico air quality

Arroyo Seco, New Mexico Air Quality

Taos County36.517, -105.569

The nearest monitor to Arroyo Seco, at Taos Fire Station, 9 miles away, measured an index of 23 at Sun, 10:00 AM MDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5).

Measured now
23 · Good
Today
Not forecast
Tomorrow
Not forecast
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Arroyo Seco, New Mexico Open the live map with the particulate forecast

Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Alerts in force

An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.

None are in force near Arroyo Seco right now. All New Mexico warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Taos Fire Station, 9 miles away (site 350550005)
Index measured
23 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 10:00 AM MDT
Fine particles
4.5 µg/m³
Reporting area
Taos, NM, 9 miles away
Reported by
New Mexico Air Quality Bureau
Area index
23 · Good

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

Today and tomorrow

No state or local agency has filed a daily forecast for this area. NOAA’s model forecast below covers the same hours.

Hour by hour

NOAA’s air quality model could not be read for this point just now. It runs twice a day and covers the lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii.

Smoke

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over Arroyo Seco in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts no measurable smoke near the ground here over the next two days.

Smoke on the radar over Arroyo Seco

What this means

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Who is affected
Nobody is expected to be affected.
What to do
It is a good day to be outside.
Index range
0 to 50

Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.

What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.

Nearby

The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.

Weather forecast for Arroyo SecoWarnings in Taos CountyLive radar over Arroyo SecoNew Mexico air quality

Sources

Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.